Cristian Gutierrez

BIOGRAPHY

Cristián Daniel Gutiérrez Zúñiga was born 18 February 1997. He is a left-back in Major League Soccer.

Born in Canada, he previously represented Chile at the U20 level, but filed his FIFA one-time switch in 2021 to switch allegiances to Canada.

Gutiérrez made his professional debut with Colo-Colo. He was loaned to fellow Chilean side Unión Española on 9 February 2017. Gutiérrez was then loaned to Huachipato on 3 August 2017. He returned to Colo-Colo on 6 March 2019.

On 16 January 2020 Gutiérrez signed with Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a two-year deal through the 2021 season, with contract options for 2022 and 2023. He made his debut during the MLS is Back Tournament on July 19 against Seattle Sounders FC.

Eligible for both Chile and Canada, Gutiérrez has represented the former at the under-20 level. After filing his FIFA one-time switch to switch from Chile to Canada, e accepted an invitation for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021. He was named to the 60-man preliminary roster for Canada for the 2021 Gold Cup in June 2021. Initially missing out on the 23-man squad, on July 12 Vancouver announced that Gutiérrez was named as an injury replacement for Alphonso Davies, but that he would remain with the MLS club unless needed by Canada.